Cedric Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 Here's one I found last year. The cap was really strange: it was like scales or a thick reticulum. Not cracked or dried out. I have been looking to identify it since it looks pretty particular, but came up empty. Any ideas? Yellow, reticulated stem, not hollow. No change of color upon cut. White pores, no change of colour upon bruising. Smell "bolety". Did not taste. Typopilus? Because of the pinkisk tubes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Smalldridge Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 Nice photos, and yes very unusual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 Wow! That is a really cool bolete. I agree that the pinkish tinge to the pores may point toward Tylopilus. The closest I can find to this is Tylopilus appalachiensis. Many of the Tylopilus species taste bitter, but many others do not. There's another possible genus for a pink-pored bolete, Austroboletus. I think this may represent some species from this genus. But the closest i have found in this genus (online) is A. lacunosus, which I believe is an Australian species. Virtually none of the mycorrhizal Australian mushrooms represent species found in NA. You would think that the deeply wrinkled/pitted cap surface would immediately point toward some very distinctive species. But sometimes a type of mushroom that normally does not develop this trait may have a pitted or wrinkled cap. A really interesting post with nice photos. If I get any other ideas I'll post again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedric Posted September 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 Thanks! I was feeling frustrated not to find it. Guess it was not easy. I'll go back to where I found it see if there are other specimens. THe cap looking guenuine: not the result of rot or animals or anything else.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted September 5, 2015 Report Share Posted September 5, 2015 Those caps are the real deal. Not Austroboletus, as I had suggested. There are only three NA species, and this does not represent any of them. I think this may be Fistulinella conica, formerly Tylopilus conicus. http://mushroomobserver.org/100061 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedric Posted September 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 It definitely could be. Cap is pretty similar. I hope I find them again this year and share again. THanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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